The College of New Jersey had a problem. Lead dust had been discovered between the blades of the artificial grass on Lions Field, where football and lacrosse teams had played for 10 years - and where graduation ceremonies were just weeks away.

Facts about fiction: David Madden, an English prof at Sac State, is spending summer vacation and his upcoming fall sabbatical on something that will influence people but may not win a lot of friends.

The Starke Recreation Department's summer day camp is currently going strong at the fairgrounds. Mary Johnson, site director, said they currently have about 120 children attending, kindergarten through eighth grade.

Even with the high costs of food and gasoline pinching family budgets, Northern Nevadans can "get out there" this summer without having to go very far.

Most of us buy antiques we can live with — comfortable chairs, dishes that go in a dishwasher, desks that can be used with a computer and vases for flowers.